Registered health nurse vs contractor-registered nurse

Differences between registered health nurse and contractor-registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Registered health nurse example responsibilities.

• Operate specialize equipment such as cardiac monitor, EKG, DEA, managing nasal pharyngeal and gastric suction.
• Manage ventilator settings and complete tracheostomy care on chronically ill patients.
• Manage patient care monitoring vital signs, performing physical assessment, checking patients medications for effectiveness.
• Participate in manage care activities to produce health change, specifically providing diabetes education and lifestyle counseling in chronic disease areas.
• Deliver a complete range of care to general Medicare, Medicaid home care patient's.
• Obtain knowledge of medical diagnostic and billing codes used for private insurance, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
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Contractor-registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Assign to cardiac vascular recovery units, manage open-heart recovery, critical care, and post-anesthesia patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Contract RN caring for patients in ICU, CCU, and telemetry floor.
• Float to other floors such as orthopedics, oncology, and skil units.
• Collaborate with house nursing supervisor for transfer and admittance of new patients to the ICU.
• Assist with staffing needs in PACU recovering post-op surgical patients after general, spinal, and conscious sedation anesthesia.
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